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DAVENPORT 

HOTEL 

SPOKANE/ USA 


I 











A Word in Confidence 

—a frank statement 
of an ideal sought 



O person, we believe, can become a 
guest at this house without receiv¬ 
ing a new and better conception of 
the great Northwest, and especially 
of the commercial and social ad¬ 
vancement of the Inland Empire. 

It is natural for a stranger to judge a com¬ 
munity by the hotel at which he stays. 

That this house may appeal to the traveler 
as f, a home away from home”; that it may in all 
respects spell inviting hospitality; that its service 
may convince every guest of the personal inter¬ 
est of the management in their comfort and satis¬ 
faction is the earnest hope of those responsible 
for its being. 

In brief, it is our intention and determination 
that as to its conveniences, its service and its 
rates, this house shall be well entitled to be con¬ 
sidered, as it has been termed "One of America’s 
exceptional hotels.” 

Sincerely, 




Davenport Hotel Company 






















prepared by 

Business Service Association 
Hutton Building 
Spokane, u. s. a. 

UNDER DIRECTION OF 

William k. Shissler, manager 



printed and engraved by 
McKee Printing Company 
Spokane, u. s. a. 


FRONTISPIECE 
DAVENPORT HOTEL 
SPOKANE. U. S. A. 



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DAVENPORT 

HOTEL 

• ^SPOKANE • U • 3 • A • 



The Pride of an Empire 


One of America’s Exceptional Hotels 



COPYRIGHT, 1915 
BY 

WILLIAM K, SHISSLER 
SPOKANE, U. S. A. 
PRINTED IN U. S. A. 


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AUG 26 I9IR 




HE Davenport Hotel of Spokane, 
Washington is far more than a mere 
commercial institution or business ven¬ 
ture. 

It is true that no claim is made by the 
owners to the ultra-altruism of those 
benevolent men who built the famous khans 
and inns of eastern countries for the free 
use of weary travelers. The investment of two and a 
half million dollars necessitates that the house be made 
to pay. 


But, permeating every plan and evident in every feat¬ 
ure are definite purposes and controlling ideals, namely, 
a desire and intention to establish new standards of hotel 
excellence—to reflect fittingly all that is best in the spirit 
of the west—-to represent worthily the boundless wealth 
and immeasurable prosperity of the Inland Empire—to 
create a monument to the warm hearted, generous 
minded manhood that has made that prosperity possible— 
in short to make the house in structure, ornamentation, 
furnishings and service an unique expression of the char¬ 
acteristic hospitality of the Northwest. 


Sight has never been lost of the fact that in no way 
is a visitor apt to be more impressed with a community, 


Page Seven 











either favorably 'or otherwise, than by the atmosphere of 
its hotels. 

It is hoped, however, that the Davenport Hotel will 
not only absolutely satisfy the requirements of travelers as 
an oasis of rest, and give them a favorable impression of 
the community, its people and its prosperity, but that it 
will also be the business and social center of this city and 
the surrounding territory. 

* # # # * # # 

Man has ever loved to congregate and to associate 
with his fellows, either for his bodily protection, his 
political betterment, his business advantage or liis social 
pleasure. 

The Greek had his Prytaneum—the medieval English¬ 
man had his Baronial Castle—the New Englander of our 
own country had his Town Hall. 

In a more exclusive and private way, it may be said 
that the Englishman had his Inn in the Sixteenth Century, 
and his Coffee House in the Eighteenth Century—among 
the more noted of the latter being Lloyd’s and Will’s. 

The centres of which we speak were wonderfully 
potent influences in their time. Today, however, there 
is a distinct lack of anything conforming to these public 
places, if we except the Rathskellers, or town cellars, of 
Germany. 

It is no less an ambition of the owners of this institu¬ 
tion than to so maintain and conduct it that it will be¬ 
come naturally just such a business and social meeting 
place for the people of this community. 

In the preparation of this booklet, this ideal has ever 
been in mind. The unusualness of its treatment is ac¬ 
counted for thereby. While the beauties of the house 
are noted in detail, the greatest effort has been made to 
emphasize the motive governing throughout the entire 
construction and furnishing. 


Page Eight 




The Davenport Hotel adjoins the 
famous Davenport Restaurant with 
which it is connected by several en¬ 
trances. These institutions occupy 
an entire block in the heart of the 
city. 


The exterior of the building is of 
marked architectural beauty. The 
base, which extends to the third story, is of Boise sand 
stone. The first and second stories have the rusticated 
treatment typical of the Florentine style. 


MERICANS are the most 
critical travelers in the 
world. 

As a class they are true 
connoisseurs of what 
constitutes a good hotel. 
This is only natural in 
a land such as this 
in which the distances are so great, 
the methods of transportation so ex¬ 
cellent, the travel so general, and the 
fine hotels so many and so splendid. 


The upper stories, including the shaft and frieze, are 


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purple, the trim being of terra cotta, and the spandrels in 
arches on eleventh floor being of a polychrome nature. 

There are twelve stories above ground and a base¬ 
ment and sub-basement. In all, there are approximately 
400 rooms. 

The entrances are on Sprague Avenue, First Avenue 
and Lincoln Street and all lead to the Lobby in which are 
the Desk, Business Office, Telegraph and Telephone 
Booths, Cigar and News Stand and Public Stenographer’s 
Office. 

Off from the Lobby on the first floor are the Main 
Dining Room, known as the Isabella Room, the Men’s 
Room or Chinese Buffet, and stores and offices of various 
institutions, all of which have entrances opening into the 
Lobby. 

The Marie Antoinette Ball Room and Elizabethan 
Banquet and Committee Rooms are on the Mezzanine 
Floor, as are also the manager’s office and Ladies’ Hair 
Parlors. 

The Barber Shop and Billiard Room are in the first 
basement and may be reached from the Sprague Avenue 
Entrance Lobby and from the Lincoln Street side. 

It will be noticed that all places of amusement, apart 
from the Italian Garden, are accessible from either the 
Main or Mezzanine Floor of the Lobby. 

The arrangement of the Lobby is ideally convenient. 
The relative location of Desk and elevators make it un¬ 
necessary to cross the Lobby to register or in passing from 
elevator to Desk. 


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All air is sanitarily washed and delightfully warmed 
or cooled according to the requirements of the seasons. 
Not only is the air thoroughly ozonated but it is also given 
the most pleasing degree of humidity. A forced ventila¬ 
tion system is installed employing powerful motors and 
colossal fans by the use of which the vitiated air is being 
constantly expelled and replaced by washed air of desired 
humidity. The intake is on the fourth floor. 

The ventilation, heating and lighting of the guest 
chambers have been given as careful attention as in the 
more public parts of the house. 


There is circulating iced water in every room. 



The vacuum cleaning equipment is exceptionally 
efficient. 

At the present time there are three elec¬ 
tric passenger elevators which are of the 
latest type and made absolutely safe by 
the use of every approved contrivance 
known to modern engineering. 

There are no inside rooms. Nearly 
every room may be connected with 
bath and toilet. 

Notwithstanding the build¬ 
ing is absolutely fireproof, 
there are a number of fire¬ 
proof stairs conveniently 
located 

One wing is given 
up to Commercial 
Traveler’s Display 
Rooms which 
have many 
unique feat¬ 
ures and 
are un¬ 
surpassed 
anywhere 
in the 
country. 


Page Eleven 





Safe deposit boxes and vaults for the storage of 
guests’ jewelry and valuables are of the best type made, 
and may be used by guests without charge. 

An unique system of room locks makes it possible, 
by the use of a special stub, to render a room absolutely 
inaccessible even to employes, except by use of the master 
key. These locks indicate whether or not the room is 
occupied. 

All sample room doors are equipped with automatic 
electric light switches. 

Panel mirrors, adjustable reading lamps, easily regu¬ 
lated steam radiators, telephone stands, and all the 
little conveniences so welcome to the experienced traveler 
combine to make the guest rooms a surprise and a delight. 

A master clock electrically controls all clocks 
throughout the building. 

The Kitchen which is identical with that of the 
Davenport Restaurant is a marvel of efficiency and sani¬ 
tation and as to its equipment generally for the prepara¬ 
tion and preservation of food. 

All water used in the building is obtained from wells 
on the premises sunk to a depth of nearly 700 feet. It is 
shown by chemical analysis to be of exceptional purity and 
wholesomeness. 

So that the reader may better appreciate the beauties 
of the House, in the following pages we outline the devel¬ 
opment and evolution of architecture from the most prim¬ 
itive structures down to our own day, and indicate the 
time and distinction of the several so-called styles and 
periods after which the departments of the Hotel are 
patterned. 







YEN as the wearing apparel of 
the individual is apt to proclaim 
the man,—his type and his idio- 
syncracies,—so does the archi¬ 
tecture of the ages indicate not only the 
measure of civilization of the races, but 
also their characteristics, their marked pre¬ 
dilections, their temperamental peculiarities, their ideals, 
and, in a sense, their hopes,- aspirations and religions. 


So it comes that even in the edifices and structures of 
civilizations reaching back beyond the alphabet, and 
whether they be utilitarian or memorial in nature, we find 
reflected much of the personality of the prehistoric 
peoples. 


Utility, of course, preceded ornamentation, the con¬ 
sideration of habitations naturally coming before that of 
edifices intended to propitiate the gods, monument events, 
or to memorialize the dead. 


The most primitive habitation structures were the 
cave or cleft rock, the earth mound, the snow shelter, the 
portable tent and the log cabin. Protection from the 
elements was usually the first and last aim and object of 
their builders. 

As man advanced in intelligence, however, his struc¬ 
tures became more pretentious, his conceptions more har¬ 
monious, and his execution more skillful. 






















It was in ancient Greece that 
architecture received its highest 
expression. The wonderful artists 
of that race not only developed the 
highest ideals of proportion, but 
they mastered the laws of optical 
illusion and so constructed their 
handiwork that when set up in place 
it conveyed the impressions 'of size 
and proportion they would have it 
convey. 

The finest examples that have 
come down to us from the Grecian 
period are the temples of worship and the public halls. 
In them the artists found their best vehicle and were un¬ 
hampered by the demands of utility. Proportions were 
not determined by the price or availability of suitable 
building lots. Building regulations, as we know them, 
gave architects and builders little concern. Even the 
time consumed was of comparatively little moment. They 
merely dreamed their dreams and then proceeded to give 
them reality line for line, proportion for proportion, color 
for color, as their intuition, their training, and their ex¬ 
perience prompted and taught them. The result was a 
perfect harmony that the world has rarely seen equaled 
and never surpassed. 

It was among these people that were born the Doric, 
the Ionic and the Corinthian types or “Orders” of archi¬ 
tecture which are even today the accepted models for pro¬ 
portion and treatment. 

####### 

The war-like Romans by coming in contact with their 
finer-fibred Grecian combatants became impressed with 
their art ideals. In attempting to duplicate them in their 
own buildings and structures, however, the base, shaft and 
capital of the Grecian columns took on the more sturdy 
personality of the Romans, but at the expense of being less 
pleasing artistically and less accurate proportionately. 



Page Fourteen 





The rise of Christianity brought into existence a type 
of architecture now known as Early Christian. As the 
new faith spread to the East, Constantinople became one 
of its principal centers. The Byzantine style was there 
developed, Constantinople being formerly known as 
Byzantium. 

The architecture of the period following that of the 
Early Christian was spoken of as the Romanesque. 

After the decadence of the classic ideals, and in turn, 
of the Early Christian and Romanesque, what we now 
know as Gothic architecture was developed, of which 
there are many beautiful examples especially in church 
structures, to which it is particularly adaptable. 

No longer having at their command the hordes of the 
Roman armies whereby countless workmen could be im¬ 
pressed into building work, and being further hampered 
by lack of funds, the builders of these later centuries 
gradually drifted away from the early ideals. 

Moreover, the restless Turk with his fanatical relig¬ 
ious animosity toward the Christians, in time overthrew 
the Christian regime in Constantinople. The Greek 
artists, students and artisans that had taken up their 
abode in this Eastern city, settled, at the time of this 
overthrow, in what was then the great industrial city of 
Florence in Italy. 


Page Fifteen 












The volume of' trade in that city was the wonder of 
the then known world. Commerce was there at its 
height. The fortunes made were fabulous. 

Tt was to this atmosphere that the Grecian students 
and artists came with their literary and artistic ideals 
and their consummate skill with pen, brush and mallet. 

Impelled bj^ their yearning for the true and beautiful, 
and by their love for all that was best in the history of 
their native land, these students revived the interest in 
the learning of the early Grecian and Roman times. This 
movement was particularly augmented by the writings of 
such men as Boccaccio and the discoveries and work of 
one Brunelleschi. 

Thus did the Renaissance have its birth: first in 
literature and then in art. 

The rich Burghers of Florence became the patrons of 
the new art. Some of the most beautiful examples of the 
Renaissance were built in that city. 

From here the movement spread throughout all of 
Italy, France, Germany, Flanders, England and Spain. 

Naturally, wherever people excelled in any given line, 
either on account of the demands of climate, or the avail¬ 
ability of material especially adapted to architectural re¬ 
quirements, there the architects of that locality showed 
the greatest strides in that particular direction. 

For instance, the open patios of the Spaniards, the 
atriums of the early Romans, the cortiles of the Italians 
and the grilled doors and latticed windows of all Southern 
countries, were as much a result of the influence of the 
climate of the South as the oak panels and great fire 
places of the Elizabethan period in England were the re¬ 
sult of the rigors of the climate in the North. 

So too with materials. The Italians, for instance, 
had the clay with which to model and the marble in 
which to carve, and naturally they came to excell in hand- 


Page Sixteen 




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ling these materials. One consequence of this condition 
was the colored or polychrome, glazed surface terra cotta 
which reached its highest development in Florence and 
was much in evidence in the decorations of the early 
palaces of that city. 


###**=*# 

We have seen how the Renaissance came into being— 
the soil in which it took root and the atmosphere in which 
it thrived. 

If we now take into consideration the wonderful 
Northwest, in which this Hotel is located, with its mar¬ 
velous crops and fabulous mines; if we keep in mind the 
type of progressive citizens that go to make up its life, 
coming as they do from all corners of the globe; if we con¬ 
template the splendid courage and commendable public 
spirit of those who erected this magnificent hostelry:— 
and if we, then, hark back to the Florence of the past with 
its wealthy Burghers, and compare it with the Spokane of 
the present and its successful pioneers,—we are certain 
to feel how fitting it is that the exterior of this Hotel 
should have been patterned after the Florentine style. 


Page Seventeen 














And what could so forcibly suggest this fitness and so 
well manifest the sympathetic appreciation, by the archi¬ 
tect, of the spirit back of this undertaking, as the orna¬ 
mental details in the cornice on the second floor of the 
building? 

Standing in bold relief will be seen the closed helmet, 
suggestive of protection, and the ram’s head, which in the 
classical symbolism is the emblem of push and determina¬ 
tion. Overtopping these heads, on the keystones break¬ 
ing the lines of the cornice, are duplicated Hermes ’ staff 
and entwined serpents, bringing to mind the mythological 
tale of how JJermes or Mercury, the patron of commerce, 
travel and what-not, coming one time upon two serpents 
apparently bent upon annihilating each other, threw be¬ 
tween them his staff. Whereupon, we are told, they en¬ 
twined about it, and themselves, and continued ever after 
to exist in friendly rivalry. 



Does not this detail in par¬ 
ticular symbolize all that is 
best in honorable, decent 
competition ? Is it not mark¬ 
edly suggestive of that ener¬ 
getic, yet friendly, quest of 
trade which lias character¬ 


ized the industrial 
history of the North¬ 
west and made pos¬ 
sible that prosperity 
and advancement 
which has become 
the wonder of the 
world ? 


Throughout the 


entire building the 
same conscientious 
thoughtfulness is evi¬ 
dent in every detail 
both as to architec¬ 
ture and furnishings. 


Page Eighteen 





it constituted a sanctuary in which 
was located the Holy of Holies. 

In the Roman houses, the atrium was the principal 
apartment. It contained the sacred fireplace, the house¬ 
hold gods and the beds of master and mistress. The 
mummies of the ancestors stood in the colonnade sur¬ 
rounding it. It was also used as a general reception room. 

The baronial hall of England was largely a develop¬ 
ment of the feudal life of the middle ages. In it all 
household duties were performed. Here the lord sat 
with his family, his guests and his retainers. 

As ideas of refinement grew, and more privacy be¬ 
came desirable, what was known as a withdrawing room 
was divided from the main hall, to which the lord and his 
family retired after their meals. A reception hall fol¬ 
lowed in time. 

In the modern home the reception hall strikes the 
keynote of the decorative treatment of the house and re¬ 
flects the taste and refinement of the occupants. 


Page Nineteen 







So in a hotel. The lobby should be designed not 
for the purpose of aweing the guests 'but so as to spell 
inviting hospitality and warm welcome. 


* # # # 


Words are ahvays a miserably futile vehicle to con¬ 
vey an idea of beauty, and especially so when to harmony 
of proportion and color have been coupled a definite ideal 
and a fixed purpose. 

The treatment of the Lobby is after the style of the 
Spanish Renaissance. 

The chaste carvings on beams and pilasters; the sub¬ 
dued, age-suggestive, old blues, old reds, grayish browns 
and dull golds of the woodwork and the beautiful light 
tan of the Caen stone in pillar and pilaster, give one the 
impression that here is inviting elegance, refined splendor, 
and satisfying ease—and that here, above all else, is the 
spirit of hospitality made manifest. 


# # 


The patios have always had a strange hold upon the 
people of the Spanish countries. They are wonderfully 
expressive of the hospitality so characteristic of their 



natures. 


Constituting as these patios 
did, an open court, the only roof, 
other than that over the promen¬ 
ade, was the vine-covered arbor 
through which could be seen the 
glorious Southern skies. 


This effect has been ob¬ 
tained in the Lobby by mas¬ 


sive, transverse beams and 
HI the use of a sky-light of opal- 
- escent glass. 


The sides and soffits of 
the main beams and lintels 
and the frieze on the walls of 


Page Twenty 




It might be interesting to consider the significance 
of this ornamentation—its history, evolution and symbol¬ 
isms, but we can only make mention of a few details. 

In the old Spanish homes it was the custom to display 
medallions carrying the portraits of honored ancestors 
and distinguished members of the family. This accounts 
for their frequent appearance throughout the Lobby. 

Prominent in the ornamentation is the griffin. This, 
as used here, has the body of a lion,—symbolic of strength, 
and the wings and head of an eagle,—emblematic of alert¬ 
ness, swiftness and rapidity of execution. 

The dolphin, which figures in the ornamentation is 
always associated in mythology with sociability. 

The helmet and simitar appearing on the frieze of the 
stepped bolsters on each end of the Lobby, are symbolic 
of the protection and active defense of those placing them¬ 
selves within the safe keeping of the host. 

These examples are at least sufficient to show what 
careful attention to detail has obtained. 



the Mezzanine Floor are richly decor¬ 
ated with carved ornament. In this 
ornamentation appear designs showing grif¬ 
fins and dolphins with foliated terminations 
of conventionalized acanthus leaves. Interspersed 
throughout this ornamentation are medallions and nation¬ 
al coats of arms. 


Page Twenty-one 






The Moorish system of coloring is considered by many 
architects and artists of note to be perfect. In using the 
blue, red and gold, they so placed them as to be best seen 
and add most to the general effect. 

If the visitor to the Lobby will give attention to the 
color treatment prevailing, he will note that the back¬ 
ground of the frieze on the beams is in old blue, the deep 
shadows of the mouldings are in red, while the face of the 
coats of arms and medallions are finished in gold, wiped 
in with color and glazed over with gray to give an antique 
effect which is all in strict accord with the best type of 
Moorish treatment. 


The lighting fixtures consist of four columns placed 
in the floor of the Lobby proper, and eight sconces flank¬ 
ing the entrance Lobbys and the recesses at either end of 
the room. 

The columns, which are of twisted form, carry orna¬ 
mentation of gracefully entwined grape vines and are 
finished in dull gold with green introduced. Each column 
supports four alabaster scallop shells of unusual size and 
beauty, so arranged as to give an indirect lighting effect 
which is decidedly pleasing. 


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both public and private, fountains have 
always been a striking feature. 

The fountain in the Lobby is a particularly beautiful 
piece of work, shelving the figure of a child standing on 
a pedestal, in a basin, grasping a dolphin, from the mouth 
of which latter a stream of water is spouting,—all being 
executed in Italian marble. 

####### 

Walnut is used in the furniture, although there are 
occasional pieces of brown mahogany. All of the fur¬ 
niture was specially made for the Lobby, most of the 
jueces being patterned after actual museum copies of fur¬ 
niture used in old Spanish and Italian palaces. 

The main floor is covered with four large Austrian hand- 
tufted rugs, the design being copied from rare old Chinese 
carpets. The field is in old blue with the two-tone fret 
so much affected by the Chinese. The design is in ivory, 
tan and brown, with Chinese pink introduced. 

Plain and uncut velvets, figured velours and silk 


Page Twenty-three 




damask are used in upholstering. The couches are tan in 
color, the chairs gray and rose, witli occasional chairs in 
blue and tan. 


# # # # # * 

Would it not seem that such a Lobby is destined to 
measurably, at least, serve the same functions of a com¬ 
munity center as the courts and gathering places of 
earlier times and other lands to which we have referred? 

Our description will have been futile unless we have 
made it clear that every architectural detail, every element 
of ornamentation, whether of color or design, and every 
form of furnishing and arrangement has been considered 
and determined upon with an eye single to achieving an 
atmosphere of inviting hospitality. 

Since the formal opening of the house, the Lobby has 
been the scene of a number of public functions. The 
animated countenances of the assembled guests and their 
unstinted words of appreciation of a social and business 
gathering place of this kind presage the happy consumma¬ 
tion of the ideal of the owners and management to which 
we have repeatedly made reference. 







OBERT Louis Stevenson, in writing 
of Samuel Pepys said:— 

“Dearly as he loved eating, he 
knew not how to eat alone; pleasure 
tor him must heighten pleasure; and 
the eye and ear must be flattered like the 
palate ere he avow himself content. A colla¬ 
tion was spoiled for him by indifferent 


music.’ ’ 


Man is a sociable creature, and especially so as to his 
eating customs. 

In fact, Lycurgus, the Grecian ruler, tried the experi¬ 
ment of compelling the people of his city to eat in a public 
dining room, thinking thereby to promote a more demo¬ 
cratic spirit. 

Plutarch tells us that \Vhen a man became a candidate 
to sit at any particular table at these repasts, each member 
at that table took a little ball of soft bread in his hand 
which he was to drop, without saying a word, into a vessel 
known as a “eaddus” which the waiter carried upon his 
head. If he approved the candidate, he did this without 
altering the ball in any way. It was out of this idea that 
grew the “black ball” system prevailing in modern secret 
societies. 

All such community experiments, however, are fore- 


Page Twenty-five 










doomed to failure because they run counter to the desire 
in most of us to enjoy our meals when and where we 
please and in our own particular way. 

It is a striking fact that as races advance their dining 
quarters are almost invariably the first part of their 
habitation to reflect their refinement and taste. 

The history of ancient dining places and customs is ex¬ 
ceedingly interesting. 

The dining halls of the Pompeian palaces were gorge¬ 
ously finished and splendidly furnished. 

Nero, we are told, had a dining room upon which he 
spent over a million dollars in embellishments. 

A noted Turkish physician of the middle ages dined in 
a room cooled in the summer time with snow. 

Cicero purchased a table of rare wood for his dining 
room at a cost of $40,000. 

Many of the wealthy Romans had delicacies served to 
them as they bathed. 

Julius Caesar is said to have given a dinner party in 
Rome at which the revelries lasted for twelve days, 4000 
aristocrats being in attendance. 

Tiberius spent two days and a night in continual feast¬ 
ing. 

A favorite dish of those who could afford it was the 
brains of peacocks and pheasants, the tongues of nightin¬ 
gales and the roes of delicate fishes. 

The Romans regarded oysters highly and imported them 
from Britain at great cost. 

Caligula, the Roman Emperor, invited a few of his 
bosom friends to a dinner which cost $400,000. Nero is 
said to have spent $150,000 on a single dish and the Em¬ 
peror Domitian $25,000 for a dish in which, the tongues 
of rare song birds were used. 

ft#*### # 


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He whom you 
invite to dine in 
your home has 
been given the 
highest mark of 
your good opinion. 


This name seems especially appropriate when we recall 
that it was to the imagination, confidence and unselfish¬ 
ness of Isabella of Spain, that Columbus was indebted for 
the assistance given to him by King Ferdinand in fitting 
out his expedition, resulting in the discovery of America. 


But just as the 
home dining room 
usually stands for 
the sanctity of the 
household, so does 
the average public 
dining room ordi¬ 
narily lack all of 
those characteris¬ 
tics which make 
for intimate pri¬ 
vacy. 


It was with 
these ideas in 
mind that the 
owners of this 
Hotel set about de¬ 
signing this justly fa¬ 
mous Isabella Room. 


While the ornamentation is after the style of the Span¬ 
ish Renaissance, it is worthy of note that the treatment 
reflects little or none of the Moorish influence shown in 
the Lobby. This fact is especially emphasized in the 
arabesque ornamentation. Representations of living be¬ 
ings are in evidence everywhere. This would not, for 
religious reasons, have been tolerated by the Moorish fol¬ 
lowers of Islam. 


Page Twenty-seven 








In the frieze, the 
running ornament 
is made up of boys, 
birds, rabbits, 
foxes and turtles, 
all of which are so 
placed that the 
lines of their bod¬ 
ies blend perfectly 
with the general 
design of the orna¬ 
ment. 

The capitals of 
the columns are 
beautiful examples 
of the Corinthian 
Order as modified 
by the Spanish 
Renaissance. 

Set in the top of these capitals are grotesque heads, by 
which we are reminded that the sculptors of the middle 
ages delighted thus to portray the features of their friends 
and enemies. 

The columns to which we refer are ranged on both sides 
of the room and support the elliptical, Caen stone ceiling 
of the arcades, which latter contribute much to the at¬ 
mosphere of intimate coziness. The columns and pilasters 
and all ornament forming the wall panels are also of 
Caen stone treatment. 

Rising from these columns, facing the centre of the 
room and supporting the ceiling beams are heavy orna¬ 
mental bolsters made up of chimeras which have the body 
of a lion, the cloven hoof attributed to His Satanic Ma¬ 
jesty and a grotesque human head. These bolsters add 
a striking medieval touch to the room. 

####### 

The color treatment is in old ivory, soft colors being in¬ 
troduced into the running design on the ceiling beams and 
in the arabesque ornamentation of pilasters, the shadings 
blending from French gray to a pale yellow. 



Page Twenty-eight 







Walnut is 
used in the furni¬ 
ture, the chairs having 
rattan backs, the tops and seats being covered with deep 
rose-colored, figured velour. 


A rich Wilton carpet, having a black field with large 
Spanish Renaissance scrolls in rose, gray, blue and gold 
makes an ideal background for the architectural treat¬ 
ment and furnishings generally. 

The overdraperies at doors and windows are in old rose 
velvet trimmed with galoon and carry the crest of Queen 
Isabella. 


In the centre panel in the end of the room is a large 
portrait of a woman by Nattier, the coloring of which 
• is markedly in tune with the room. 

The table appointments, both of linen and ware, all of 
which were especially designed for this house, are artis¬ 
tically harmonious in every respect. 

The service, it is probably needless to say, is entirely in 
keeping with the room and cannot fail to delight the most 
exacting. 


Page Twenty-nine 








It is indeed a delightful room and doubtless destined 
to be the scene of many notable gatherings and memorable 
functions. 

# 

To those like Pepys to whom the pleasure of dining 
is not measured alone by the degree in which their palates 
are tickled by savory viands—to whom harmony of line 
and beauty of color add zest to appetite, this remarkable 
dining room will be a never-ending source of delight. 

And these distinctive characteristics have not only 
proved attractive to registered guests of the house, but as 
well to the residents of the city who have eagerly availed 
themselves of this delightful place to entertain their fam¬ 
ilies and their friends. 

One of the features of the social life of the city in* 
augurated and made possible by the management of this 
bouse are the Sunday orchestral concerts in the Lobby to 
which all music lovers are invited whether or not they 
are registered guests. 

Sunday dinner parties have consequently become 
especially popular in this Isabella Dining Room. 



Page Thirty 







For a dream it verily is:—a dream of dignified sim¬ 
plicity, chaste elegance and delicate beauty, made real. 

Pervading it all is the spirit of that period in France 
when an aristocratic and intellectual woman, by the mere 
force of her personality, cleansed of its grossness a court 
in which the cultivation of manners had notoriously come 
to mean more than the observance of morals, and at the 
same time rescued the art movement of her time from the 
Auilgar ostentation into which it had fallen in the preced¬ 
ing reign. 

The French people are essentially beauty-loving. They 
are intuitively artistic. Mere mathematical formula in 
architecture and art never was made a fetish by them. 
The geometrical complexity of the Persian ornament, for 
instance, is a thing entirely apart from their nature. 

We have already seen that the Grecian architecture 
was markedly idealistic, and that the work of the Romans 
reflected their coarser natures and greater love of vulgar 
display. 


Page Thirty-one 














The Italians of the Renaissance, with the Florentines 
leading the way,—inspired by the writings of Boccaccio 
and the architectural discoveries and achievements of 
Brunelleschi,—in their endeavor to adequately present the 
ideals of the earlier times as reflected in the writings of 
Vitruvius who flourished in 50 B. C.,—fell into the error 
of becoming mere copyists. 

Among the Italians, we are told, the development of 
the Renaissance movement was in a large measure evolu¬ 
tionary. In France, on the other hand, it was sudden and 
pronounced. 

Ihe rulers of France upon coming in contact with 
the wonderful art productions of Italy in the Fifteenth 
century were so filled with an ambition to rival them that 
they prevailed upon the Italian artists who had developed 
the classic style in their own country to come to France 
and instruct the French artists and artisans. The profit¬ 
able trade with the French colonies in America had given 
the French nation the means to gratify its caprices in 
these regards. 

A study of their architectural development shows 
that the French builders did not accept in toto the con- 
\ entional restrictions placed upon the classic forms by 
the Italian leaders of the Renaissance. 

It has been said that on account of the greater orig¬ 
inality of the French as compared with the Italian style 
and its freedom from the baser incongruities that pre¬ 
vailed in the Renaissance in Germany and England, we can 
take the French style as a good standard and study it as 
a revival of classic art, modified almost perfectly to fit 
modern ideas. 

But the architecture and ornament of the French 
Renaissance ran the gamut of good, bad and indifferent. 

V ith the death of Louis XIV. and his succession by 
the weak Louis XV., the decadence was rapid. All orna¬ 
mentation seemed to have but one purpose, namely to 
dazzle with the rarity of material used, the extravagant 


Page Thirty-two 



cost of treatment and the vulgar ornateness of ornamen¬ 
tation. 

While Louis XVI. was little better morally or men¬ 
tally than his predecessor, the influence of Marie Antoin¬ 
ette was soon evident on all sides. There was a carefully 
studied return to the classic ideals. 

#*=##### 

The Marie Antoinette Room truly breathes the spirit 
and art ideals of this remarkable woman. 

One may enter the room either from the Ball Room 
Lobby, which leads off from the Mezzanine Floor, or by 
the French windows in the side of the Ball Room. 

And what a vision of white ivory, French gray, light 
rose, and delicate blue there is on which to feast the eye. 
One need not be an artist to appreciate its beauty. 

The fascia of the gallery shows a fluted design in 
which are medallions carrying the heads of court jesters. 

These jesters with their cap and bells are of course 
suggestive of the buffoons and professional amusement 
providers that graced the courts of medieval times and 
that had their prototypes in the fools of more ancient 
times. 


The ornamental treatment of the walls of the gallery 


Page Thirty-three 








is similar to that of the first floor except that the capitals 
of the pilasters carry large grotesque heads. 

Overtopping the windows are ornamental panels 
showing large acanthus leaf scroll and lyre and satyr, the 
latter with the cloven hoof of the goat, suggestive of 
freedom of movement. 

The color treatment of the room is exquisite. The 
panels and styling are in French gray. The moldings of 
panels and of the cornices and pilasters as well as the 
ceiling are in light ivory. The swags in panels, the fascia 
of balcony and the capitals of the pilasters are similarly 
treated but picked out in delicate blue and rose. 

The railing of the gallery, which is a very delicate 
design, is finished in gold, glazed over with gray. A rose 
colored silk cord is draped from the base of urns on the 
newels, the top of the railing being finished with rose 
velvet. 

At all of the French windows on the sides of the room 
are rich, soft, corded hangings of rose color. 

Three rich crystal and gold chandelliers of exquisite 
design are suspended from the ceiling panels. The sconces 
are of the same material, style and finish. The rose shades 
on these fixtures strike a pleasing color note in splendid 
harmony with the treatment throughout. 

Such is the room devoted to the Muse Terpsichore, 
the patron of the dance. 

The dance in some form or another is almost as old as 


Page Thirty-four 






































expression of that sense 

of rhythm which is implanted in the breast of all mankind. 

The sacred dance formed a prominent part in all 
forms of ancient worship. Men thus gave expression 
not only to the exuberance of their spirits, but to thanks, 
to praise, to supplication and to humiliation. The Biblical 
references to the dance are many. 

With the decadence of classic art and architecture, 
the dances suffered similarly. In the 15th century Italy 
was the first to see its Renaissance as was the case in art 
and architecture. 

France was the cradle of modern dancing. National 
dances of other countries were here studied and perfected. 
The effect of this appears in the terminology, which is 
almost eotirely French. 

In nearly all dances of the 17th and 18th centuries 
kissing formed a prominent part; these “favors” being 


Page Thirty-five 






later superseded by the bouquets presented by the gentle¬ 
men to their ladies. 

Certain of the dances which took on the names of the 
musical movements to which they were danced had a re¬ 
markable vogue—not even surpassed, in fact, by the pop¬ 
ularity of the modern tango and its modifications. 

>\<= # * # # * * 

In a room, with such an atmosphere, in a House with 
an ideal such as the Davenport Hotel, one needs no assur¬ 
ance that the affairs with which this room will be graced 
will be distinctly in keeping. 

* * # # 

In addition to its use as a ball room, this room is 
ideally adapted for the holding of functions both private 
and public of a more formal nature as well as an audi¬ 
torium for conventions and similar gatherings to which 
varied uses it has frequently been put since the opening 
of the House. 



Factors decidedly contributing to this multiplicity 
of uses are the adjacency to the Mezzanine floor of the 
Lobby and consequent accessibility to the Elizabethan 
Banquet rooms on the opposite side of the Lobby and 
also the convenient arrangement of the service rooms, 
which, as stated elsewhere in this booklet, are ideally 
equipped for the handling of food not only 
with expedition, but in a manner to as¬ 
sure its reaching the diner in an 
appetizing condition. 

The large number of suc¬ 
cessful functions 
which have been held 
in this room and the 
frequent requests for 
its reservation are the 
best evidence of its 
popularity with the 
people of this city. 


Page Thirty-six 





secret panels, drawers, passageways and compartments in 
the most unexpected places. 

These gave them a proprietary interest in their crea¬ 
tions of ivhich changing legal ownership could not de¬ 
prive them. 

We are probably safe in saying that in the beautiful 
panels going to make up the wall treatment of the Eliza¬ 
bethan Banquet Room we need not expect to find any 
concealed springs, etc., although the workmanship of the 
folding doors whereby one, two, or three rooms may be 
made at will, would have made the early builders green 
with envy. 

How then shall we account for the special pride taken 
in this room by the owners and architect? 

To discover this, let us first consider the architectural 
treatment and furnishings. 

The style is after that which prevailed in the time of 
the Tudors, and more particularly in the time of Elizabeth. 

English oak is used in the paneled walls, the frieze 
consisting of the heraldic crests so much affected in the 
days of the Virgin Queen. 

The Renaissance reached England through France 
by way of Flanders, and therefore the development of the 
wood carving and paneling of which the Flemish people 
had so long been such masters is particularly in evidence. 


Page Thirty-seven 









The ceiling shows a fret design which is at once Gothic 
and Flemish. 

Silver chandelliers of exquisite patterns give a decid¬ 
edly pleasing touch to the subdued color scheme. 

Rugs having a small mosaic design in brown, old blue 
and tan add much to the harmony and richness of the fur¬ 
nishings. 

The furniture, which is in oak, is conscientiously 
copied after the most famous Elizabethan pieces now in 
existence. 

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W W W X w w w 

And now let us inquire as to conditions socially in the 
Elizabethan period and as to the architecture in those days. 

Meal time was quite an institution. The bulk of a 
family’s wealth was frequently in their plate. China and 
porcelain were just coming into use. Most of the table 
linen was perfumed. The use of toothpicks, which were 
then a novelty, had become quite a fad. They were fre¬ 
quently made of gold and were ostentatiously carried, 
special jeweled cases being made to contain them. To 
pick one’s teeth in public became the mark of a gentleman. 

The table manners can best be imagined by recalling 
that no forks were used or known of until nearly the end 
of Elizabeth’s reign. The only service knives were the 
side arms of the men folks. 

Although ‘‘carpets” were mentioned in the writings 
of the time, they were used to cover the tables, in fact 
they were the table cloths. 

This was the age of Shakespeare, Bacon, Edmond 
Spencer, Beaumont, Raleigh, Drake and other leading spir¬ 
its in literature, business promotion, travel and adventure. 

It was truly the nation’s awakening time in art, archi¬ 
tecture, social refinement, trade and morals. It has been 
said “at no other time in history was the present more 
delightful, more full of hope, more full of joy, more full 
of daring.” The new learning was full of wonder and de¬ 
light. The new world promised limitless opportunities 


Page Thirty-eight 



for adventure and romance. New opportunities for the 
obtaining of wealth were constantly presenting them¬ 
selves. 

An architect, if his ideals are what they should be, 
tries to catch the spirit, rather than the form, of that per¬ 
iod after which he patterns. 

While the manners and much of the architecture of 
the Elizabethan times were far from perfect, no period 
offers a better opportunity for the working out of this 
ideal of which we have just spoken. 

The awakening people in their architecture adopted 
what appealed to them not on account of its symbolism, 
its scientific accuracy, nor its religious significance, but 
because it expressed their longing for the beautiful. 

The consciousness of the architect of this hotel that 
he had caught the spirit of those times in the treatment 
of this room, would warrant him in taking the same satis¬ 
faction in it as did the early builders in contemplating 
their concealed springs and hidden chambers. 

# # # # * $ # 

But how about the special interest of the owners and 
management? 

The taverns of the Elizabethan period were a potent 
factor in the social and business life of that time. They 
were to the Sixteenth Century what the coffee houses 
were to the Eighteenth. 

Every man had his favorite tavern. It was there 
that his club convened. In the evening he repaired 


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thither to meet with those in similar trades, and perchance 
to drive a bargain or close a deal. 

These taverns were truly focal points for social life 
and business activities as well as for the lovers of the best 
in literature, philosophy and art. 

Need more be said? Is not this the answer we seek? 
For in the purpose and use of these rooms is brought to a 
focus the object and aim of the Hotel as it stands in rela¬ 
tion to the Inland Empire-namely, that it be the social 

centre, and business gathering point of the community 
and at the same time the traveler’s home “away from 
home”—his club and his office. 

# .# # * % # * 

It has been a matter of exceeding gratification to the 
owners that in the short time the house has been open, 
these banquet or committee rooms have become very 
popular for the purposes for which they were intended. 

The almost constant demand for one or more of these 
rooms as a convening place for committees having to do 
with public movements or as a luncheon or banquet room 
by those desiring to entertain or confer with others in¬ 
terested in similar undertakings leaves no doubt that 
there was a positive need in the community for quarters 
of this kind. 

We must caution those desiring to make use of these 
rooms that in order to avoid disappointment it is necessary 
to notify us as long as possible before the time they are 
desired as they are frequently reserved for a long while 
ahead. 

These rooms are especially adapted to informal gath¬ 
erings, a factor doubtless contributing to their great 
popularity. 


Page Forty-two 







The vaulted ceiling and walls of this entrance lobby 
are finished in Caen stone, the frieze which shows a typi¬ 
cal Chinese design being finished in dull gold with blue 
and Chinese pink introduced. 

When one recalls that the entertainment of guests 
almost rises to the dignity of a religious custom among 
the Chinese people, the appropriateness of the treatment 
of this Buffet becomes especially apparent. 

Both in art and in architecture the Chinese have de¬ 
veloped distinctive types. They are essentially odd and 
show the influence of the Assyrians and Persians. 

With the Chinese, methods are handed down from 
generation to generation, almost as traditions. While 
this does not make for originality, it has developed won¬ 
derful adeptness in certain lines. 

This is especially true in the handling of certain col¬ 
ors, particularly gold, black, blue and old rose or Chinese 
pink. 

One may best describe the Buffet by saying that it is 
distinctly a man’s room. In every respect it breathes 
the spirit of masculinity. 

The bar occupies a recess in the eastern side of the 


Page Forty-three 





room. Suki wood is used throughout. The back bar 
shows fret work and stencils of pleasing design. 

The walls are wainscoted two-thirds of their height 
with panels of suki wood. The upper third of the wall 
on the Lincoln Street side is made up of lattice work, the 
interstices being filled with rice paper, which serves to 
mellow the light passing into the room. 

About the window opening is fret work, patterned 
after the design developed by Chippendale from typical 
Chinese ornamentation, and known as Chinese-Chippen- 
dale. 


The capitals of the columns are very ornamental, the 
carvings being highlighted in old gold. 


Suspended from the ceiling beams are Chinese lan¬ 
terns finished in gold, red and blue, the panels being of 
stencil work of a delicate design, no two being alike. 


The tables and chairs are of ebony. 



The large bronze bowl oc¬ 
cupying the centre of 
the room and sup¬ 
ported by dragons 
originally re¬ 
posed in the 
shrine of an 
old Chinese 
family of 
rank and dates 
back some three hun¬ 
dred years. 

The House, by a 
stroke of good fortune, 
secured this interesting 
piece and it has been the 
source of much favorable 
comment by those who 
know and appreciate 
its artistic worth. 



Page Forty-four 




HE word chamber as applied to a bed room 
owes its origin to the days when sleeping 
quarters in the castles were located in the 
most out of the way corners, and were in 


truth cavern-like chambers. 


Even in some of the better hotels today the guest 
rooms are often uninviting and not in keeping with the 
house otherwise. 


It is very different here. The guest is impressed 
with this difference from the moment he steps out of the 
elevator into the excellently lighted and artistically fur¬ 
nished elevator lobby. 

The walls of the corridors are covered with paper 
showing a large gray and white landscape design. The 
field of the carpet is a purplish red, uniformly covered 
with a small Chippendale design in black. The over- 
curtains at windows are of plain velvet, in the same color 
as the field of carpet, and are trimmed with black. Two- 
light chandeliers of exquisite design are used in all corri¬ 
dors. A red glass ball suspended from the center of these 
fixtures gives a pleasing touch of inviting warmth. 


Page Forty-five 












The woodwork in the rooms is in either mahogany or 
French walnut. There are double doors between all 
connecting rooms, assuring absolute privacy. 

The walls are charmingly treated with paper of deli¬ 
cate colors, narrow stripes predominating. 

The draperies in the typical rooms are in English 
and French figured linens. 

There is throughout an utter absence of gaudy trap¬ 
pings. 

The bath rooms have no superior anywhere. 

The ventilation is ideal. The bath rooms are separ¬ 
ately heated and ventilated—a feature which will be much 
appreciated by those who like to sleep in a cool room but 
who appreciate a warm room for their bath. 

Even the most capricious guest will be pleased with 
the care given to the lighting. In addition to the beauti¬ 
ful ceiling and side wall fixtures, every guest room is 
equipped with dressing lights and reading lamps. 

There are full length mirrors and of course all the 
little conveniences so necessary to the particular traveler. 



Page Forty-six 










OR the women who are particular 
about their hair but who have fre¬ 
quently found hotel hair dressing par¬ 
lors tucked away in some corner and 
in charge of none too adept operators, 
there is a pleasant surprise in store 
here. 

The Davenport Hair Salon has few 
equals in the United States, either in pub¬ 
lic houses or in privately conducted institu¬ 
tions. 

It is but necessary for the woman who 
knows to step into these parlors to be at 
once impressed with their unusual beauty and 
exceptionally complete equipment. 


The furniture and fixtures as well as the walls and 
booths are finished in white enamel. The lattice work 
partition and ceiling of the outer room is decidedly artis¬ 
tic. 


The carpets and upholstery are distinctly in keeping 
with the treatment prevailing throughout the house. 

These parlors will be found in the elevator lobby on 
the Mezzanine Floor. Moderate prices prevail. 


Page Forty-seven 






OTHING brought to light in the ruins 
of the famous city of Pompeii is more 
interesting than the brushes, combs, 
hair-pins and mirrors unearthed and 
which so well indicate the high type 
of civilization of those early days. 

The people of that city took unusual 
pride not only in their personal appearance 
but in the sumptuousness of their homes 
—and especially of their baths. 


Elegant columns and magnificent furniture, in which 
marble and bronze largely figured, graced those parts of 
the house devoted to the toilet. 


It is not surprising, therefore, that the splendid mar¬ 
ble barber shop and manicure parlors in the basement of 
the Davenport Hotel are known as the Pompeiian Rooms. 

The walls and columns supporting the elliptical arches 
forming the ceilings are in statuary marble with honed 
finish and of a cream color shading into pale amber. The 
mural decorations beneath the arches are on a background 
of Pompeiian red, giving a delightful touch of warmth. 

Mirrors on all sides add reflection to reflection until 
one is almost bewildered by the apparently endless vistas 
that meet his eye. 


Page Forty-eight 




The lighting, which is 
semi-indirect, is entirely 
through alabaster bowls of classical design. 


The chairs, which, of course, are marvels of utility, 
are artistic and attractive as well, being finished in white 
enamel and upholstered in red leather. A notable feature 
is the absence of nickel, Pompeian bronze being used ex¬ 
clusively in the trimmings. 

While the fresco work of the early Pompeians prob¬ 
ably could not be surpassed, the sanitary methods prevail¬ 
ing in this shop and the equipment and apparatus in use 
would have made the Pompeians gape in wonder. 

A novel feature of this department are two rooms set 
apart for automobilists and others who come in off a dusty 
trip. Here they may bathe, have their clothing pressed, 
have the services of manicurist and masseur, as well as 
barber, and then lie down for a rest in perfect quiet before 
presenting themselves in dining room or at the desk. 

The Billiard Room is one of the finest in America. 
Wall panels are of a warm gray. The Furniture, and 
tables are in oak. Individual alabaster bowls add much 
to the lighting efficiency as well as to the appearance of 
the room. 

The finest statuary marble is used throughout the 
basement. The treatment is of a simple classical nature, 
the Greek influence being very pronounced. 


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EVERAL hundred years ago a noted English¬ 
man was gracious enough to say: “Cookery 
has become an art, a noble science; cooks are 
gentlemen.” 

If cooking had become an art and a noble science in 
his day, it is especially so now, as a result of modern scien¬ 
tific research and as a consequence of man’s ever increas¬ 
ing mechanical ingenuity. 

The study of dietetics—the method of preparing food 
and its preservation—both before and after preparation, 
has engaged the attention of some of the world’s greatest 
scientists. And the warrant for this is evident when we 
consider that what a man eats and how it is cooked, in 
large measure determine what he is. 

The kitchen of the Davenport Restaurant has always 
been far-famed for its efficiency and for the excellence 
of its product. 

"When it was decided, however, to make it the con¬ 
necting link between the Davenport Hotel and the Daven¬ 
port Restaurant, it was determined to re-equip this kit¬ 
chen on a scale that would make it the equal of any in the 
country. 

Those best qualified to judge have pronounced it to 
be a model in every respect. 



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Ihe end sought, moreover, was not mere efficiency 
in the sense of the expedition with which the necessary 
work can be done, but rather as to the most approved 
methods and means of preparing and preserving of food 
so as to be most conducive to health and of course to its 
appetizing quality. 


The development of modern ideas on preservation, 
based as they are upon the discoveries in the realm of 
bacteriology, is distinctly a modern story. 

Lord Bacon, it will be remembered, is said to have 
died from a chill contracted by eating chicken stuffed 
with ice. If the truth were known, it would probably 
appear that his death was due to the imperfect preserva¬ 
tion of his food, rather than as a result of its temperature. 

AYe are safe in saying that there is no kitchen any¬ 
where in which more attention has been given to the scien¬ 
tific preservation of food than in the one connected with 
this hotel. 

The manner in which the ideals sought have been at¬ 
tained is interestingly set out in a booklet issued by 
the Davenport Restaurant entitled “The New Davenport 
Kitchen*’ which may be had for the asking. 



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OW, just a word of business across the Cash¬ 
ier’s desk. 

When you come to settle your bill, we are 
confident you will be surprised and de¬ 
lighted at the reasonable rates prevailing, 
starting as they do at $1.50. 

It is our sincere belief that nowhere can you get 
the same degree of comfort in as ideal surroundings, 
with the same uniform courtesy and at rates so exceed¬ 
ingly moderate as is the case at this hotel. 

Moreover, our rates are not only reasonable in com¬ 
parison with the other noted American hotels, but what 
is of even more importance to the people of the Inland 
Empire, our tariff is no higher than that which they 
have been accustomed to pay in this territory for far 
less accommodations. 

In fact, it is our firm intention and determination to 
make the reasonableness of our charges one of the prime 
distinctions which entitle this to be considered one of 
America’s exceptional hotels. 

DAVENPORT HOTEL COMPANY 







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B ECAUSE the gods saw everywhere,— 
Eor this reason we are told, “In the 
i elder days of Art, builders wrought 
r with greatest care-” 

In the building of this hotel, one 
standard governed the owners. They sought the 
best material to be had regardless of price,—the 
best methods known, regardless of cost, and the 
best workmanship available, regardless of who 
could render it or where they resided. 

The description appearing in these pages 
shows that this is in all respects one of America’s 
exceptional hotels. Its total cost was approx¬ 
imately two and one-half million dollars. 


Safety, comfort and service,—the recognized trinity 
of lintel excellence,—are in the truest sense “built-in” 
features of the Davenport Hotel. 

In our treatment of the details of the House, we have 
made special and direct mention of those institutions so 
chosen and of those materials so selected, believing that 
thereby we could give the reader and the prospective and 
actual guests a far more comprehensive idea of the House 
and better bring to their attention its distinguishing 
merits. 


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AVe sincerely feel that the individuals and institu¬ 
tions identified with the actual construction of the House 
are well entitled to appear in the Roll of Honor in which 
we have placed them, and we are indeed glad to recognize 
them as we do in the following pages. 

RCHITECTURE, according to Ruskin, is the 
finest of the useful arts and the most useful 
of the fine arts. 

Probably in no other profession, art or 
calling is there such a combining of the ideal 
and the practical: in none does the necessary training 
cover a wider range. 

From the preparation of his plans to the consumma¬ 
tion of his building operations, the architect is concerned 
with such varied problems as the determination of stress 
and strain; the harmony of line; the blending of colors; 
and the profit-earning possibilities of the completed struc¬ 
ture. 

The architect of the Davenport Hotel was Mr. Kirt- 
land Cutter of Spokane, under whose direction,also, all 
art work was done and all furnishings selected. 

Mr. Cutter was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Before 
determining upon architecture as his life’s work lie de¬ 
voted a number of years to the study of pictorial art and 
sculpture in this country and Europe. 

For over 30 years, he has resided in Spokane. Some 
of its finest homes and buildings are of his creation. 

He has also designed many notable structures in dif¬ 
ferent parts of the world. 

4b Jfif .M. «M. 

w w w w w w w 

T is a long step from the first log cabins 
erected along the banks of the Spokane 
River by the early settlers to the splendid 
Davenport Hotel which stands within a few 
minutes walk from the famous Spokane 

Falls. 

It is also a far cry as to materials from the struc¬ 
tural ideals that governed the builders of Solomon’s 




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Temple, for instance, to those which governed the archi¬ 
tect of this Hotel. 

Moreover, to compel modern architects and builders 
to create buildings suitable for the needs of present day 
life and business activities with no materials other than 
brick and stone for their walls would be imposing a task 
no less impossible of fulfillment than the demands of 
Siameses II., the Pharoah of Egypt, that the captive Is¬ 
raelites make brick without straw. 

For the problem of modern builders, as it was of 
those of old, is to build walls sufficiently strong to carry 
the weight of the building, yet occupying a minimum of 
space, and to secure materials therefor that will lend 
themselves most effectively to artistic treatment and, of 
course, be durable, fire proof and not prohibitively ex¬ 
pensive. 

Concrete, with all its advantages, is not usually 
practical in buildings much over ten stories in height. 

Stone and brick are out of the question in such 
buildings, for the reasons just indicated. 

The most approved type of construction when there 
are more than ten stories is a frame work of steel in 
combination with concrete. This makes for increased 
stability, obviates the tendency of steel to rust and cor¬ 
rode and eliminates the danger of the steel frame melt- 


Page Fifty-five 



















ing and collapsing when attacked by fire—a lesson learn¬ 
ed from the Baltimore and San Francisco fires. 

This combination of concrete and steel is the method 
of construction obtaining in the Davenport Hotel. The 
facing of the walls, as we have stated elsewhere, is of 
Boise sandstone in the base, of brick in the shaft and 
frieze, terra cotta being used in the trim. 

UT when the architect has built an enduring 
wall and faced it with pleasing material, 
his task is by no means done, especially if 
the structure is to be a human habitation. 

For his walls must be nonoonductive of 
heat and cold and impervious to moisture; they must 
lend themselves readily to the application of the desired 
interior finish and the incorporation of a thousand and 
one kinds of pipes, wires, and fixtures. 

Experience has shown that hollow clay tile is the 
best material for the purpose of lining. That used in this 
building was made by the American Fire Brick Company 
of Spokane. 

######* 

HE spreading of some of the most costly fires 
of former days was due to wood cornices 
which were for a time so much in vogue, 
the sanded surface intended to imitate 
stone, adding little to the fire resisting na¬ 
ture of the completed cornice. 

Until the development of galvanized iron, metal 
cornices other than those made of very expensive ma¬ 
terial were not practical, owing to their rapid deteriora¬ 
tion through rusting. 

But to make galvanized cornice which is at once 
artistic in appearance, permanent, and in keeping with 
the architectural excellence of a building of this type, re¬ 
quires much experience and the most modern equipment. 

The cornice of the Davenport Hotel is markedly 
attractive. It adds much to the appearance of the build- 




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mg and reflects great credit on the skill and experience 
of Woodward and Stein of Spokane, who executed this 
work, as well as all other sheet metal work in the build¬ 
ing. This firm also built the skylight over the lobby. 

******* 

VEN though a building be constructed in the 
most workmanlike manner and furnished 
with the most exquisite taste, all will go 
practically for naught, so far as appear¬ 
ances are concerned, if the woodwork— 
“trim,” as it is called—is not what good taste and the 
highest standard of material and workmanship demand. 

The old method contemplated having all of this trim 
made on the premises while other work was in progress. 

It will be readily understood that in the dust and 
dirt incident to building operations the high finish now 
considered essential was exceedingly hard to secure. 
Good varnish work 'also requires that the varnish be kept 
at a certain temperature. Moreover, varnish can be 
applied far more satisfactorily when the work is laid 
flat than when it is applied to woodwork standing in a 
vertical position. 

All of these conditions have brought into use ready- 



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to-install and fully-finished wood trim. In the forefront 
of the institutions making a specialty of this work is the 
firm of Matthews Bros. Mfg. Co. of Milwaukee, who 
have won a high reputation for the uniform good qual¬ 
ity of the materials used, the exactness of all fitting and 
the excellence of all finishing of work done by them. 

All work of this kind in the Davenport Hotel was 
furnished by this Company. It came packed similarly to 
furniture. It is so constructed that it can be put in place 
without any injury to the finish that cannot be remedied 
readily. 

If the guest will examine the doors and trim in his 
room and observe closely the splendid wood and marvel¬ 
ous workmanship of the panelling and of the ingenious 
accordian doors in the Elizabethan rooms, he will be 
better able to appreciate the reason for the pronounced 
success of the firm of Matthews Bros. Mfg. Co. 




HE architecture of a building may delight the 
eye of and assure the fullest measure of 
safety and comfort; the decorations and 
furnishings may entirely satisfy the most 
esthetic taste; but upon the plumbing de¬ 
pends in large part the health-safety of the occupants. 



Hood plumbing may be likened to the state of one’s 
health—better in proportion as nothing arises in connec¬ 
tion with it to give us concern about it. 

It speaks well for Spokane that it has a plumbing 
concern like that of James Smyth Plumbing and Heating 
Company qualified and equipped to install as satisfactor¬ 
ily, as they have, all of the plumbing entering into this 
house. 


But good workmanship would be of little avail if the 
materials used were not up to the highest standard. 

It is refreshing to deal with institutions like the 
Crane Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut, through 
whom all plumbing supplies were purchased. 


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The piping for the wonderful refrigerating system 
on the several floors and for the circulating iced water 
system, and the sprinkler system in the store rooms and 
in the basement were obtained from this firm. 

As a guest, you will be delighted with the remark¬ 
able ease with which the temperature of a room may be 
controlled. This is made possible by the Moore heating- 
radiators used, which were furnished by this Company, 
and installed by James Smyth Plumbing and Heating 
Company. 

No hotel anywhere can boast of bath rooms more 
handsomely equipped or more conveniently arranged 
than those of the Davenport Hotel. 

The shower-bath apparatus and the lavatories are 
models of sightliness and efficiency. The Boston flush 
valves on the toilets were adopted because of their 
proven economy in the use of water, their quick and 
noiseless action and because they have the unusual and 
valuable feature of being operated by air pressure in¬ 
stead of by water pressure. 

All of these fixtures were furnished by the Crane 
Company. 



Page Fifty-nine 












HIDE the consciousness that the plumbing of 
a bath room is in conformity with the high¬ 
est standards of sanitation adds much to the 
comfort of one’s stay at a hotel, the splen¬ 
did appearance of the bath rooms at the 
Davenport Hotel is as much of a delight to the guest. 
This appearance is in large measure due to the superior 
workmanship reflected in the white tiling, the laying of 
which was done by the Empire Tile and Mantle Company 
of Spokane. 

This Company also laid the tiling in the Chinese 
Buffet, in the Service Rooms and in the Kitchen of the 
hotel and Davenport Restaurant. 

####*=** 

OTHING can more effectually enhance or mar 
the general impression of finished excel¬ 
lence of a hotel and particularly of its guest 
rooms, bath rooms and lavatories than what 
is usually termed the fixtures, which in¬ 
cludes the shelves and brackets, towel bars, soap dishes 
and hooks of various kinds. 

Probably in no hotel in the country has more care 
been given the selection of these fixtures than in this 
house, nearly all of which were furnished by the Art 
Brass Company of New York City, whose San-o-la Bath 
Room ware is justly famous for its fine finish and ar¬ 
tistic design. Many of the pieces were expressly design¬ 
ed for this house. 






HE guest who has lain awake at night listen¬ 
ing to the annoying rattle of loose windows 
in the rooms of his hotel will appreciate 
the installation in this house of the remark¬ 
ably efficient metal weather strips manu¬ 
factured by the Monarch Metal Weather Strip Company 
of St. Louis, Mo. 



These are not in the least unsightly. The window 
sash run quietly and easily; noise from the street is 
greatly diminished and drafts are entirely abolished. It 


Page Sixty 




























has been conclusively proven that the cost of heating a 
building can be much reduced by their use. 

The Archibald J. Mahan Company of Spokane, 
had charge of the work of installation. 

HEN a famous painter was asked with what 
he mixed his pigments to obtain the won¬ 
derful color effects which made his work 
such a delight, he answered “Brains.” 

To make paints suitable for the class of 
work characterizing this building, and especially for the 
beautiful ornamentation in the Lobby, requires that with 
the pigments there must be mixed the requisite knowl¬ 
edge and the unfaltering determination to obtain an 
absolutely uniform product. 

W. P. Fuller & Company of Spokane furnished all 
paints for this structure. 

Einar Petersen* the artist, under whose direction all 
decorative work was done and to whose brush we are in¬ 
debted for much of the finest decorative treatment, is en¬ 
thusiastic in his praises of their products. 

This firm also furnished all paints and enamels used 
throughout the building including the washable paint on 



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the ceiling of bed rooms and corridors, a product in 
which it takes especial pride, and with much justifica¬ 
tion. The beautiful opalescent glass used in the Lobby 
ceiling was also furnished by this company. 

# # # # # # * 

ROM the times of earliest antiquity, lighting 
fixtures and appliances have reflected the 
art and mechanical advancement of man¬ 
kind. 

No American firm engaged in the manufacture of 
lighting fixtures has given more thought and care to 
the design and all round excellence of its product than 
the T. W. Wilmarth Company of Chicago. 

The electroliers and sconces in the Lobby, Marie An¬ 
toinette Room, the Isabella room and the Elizabethan 
room, in fact all the electric fixtures used in the house 
with the exception of the bases of the four standing 
lamps in the Lobby were furnished by this Company. 

The hotel was especially fortunate in having Mr. 
J. B. Beel, Vice Presidentof the Company, give his per¬ 
sonal attention to the designing of these fixtures, the 
result not only being satisfactory to the hotel but a 
source of justifiable pride to the designer and his as¬ 
sociates. 

The pictures shown throughout the booklet give but 
a faint idea of the beauty of the fixtures. 

4k «M. «M. 4«. «se. Jt, 

WWW w w w w 

HE four columns to which we have just re¬ 
ferred are also the product of a firm which 
has reached a point where competition need 
give it little concern, namely—the F. J. 
Newcomb Company of New York City. 

The columns are patterned after famous pieces in 
the Vatican at Rome and are the last word in artistic de¬ 
sign and skilled workmanship. 

The firm of Newcomb & Company is especially noted 
for the excellence of its designs, vast sums being spent 




l’age Sixty-two 




















by them to reproduce successfully the masterpieces of the 
must noted workers in brass and bronze and of carving 
of former days. 

The beautiful metal ferneries, the special mirrors 
and the bulletin board and directory frames hanging 
in the Lobby and on the Mezzanine floor were made by 
this firm. Reproductions of the latter are used in the 
cover design of this booklet. 

####*## 



HE grandfather clock that stood on the stair 
of ye olden time mansions has had many 
touching stories woven about it but for the 
work-a-day business of ticking off the time 
accurately, unfalteringly, it has had to make 


Page Sixty-tliree 









way for the far more efficient time piece of modern 
times. 

There are seventeen clocks in this building, all of 
which are electrically controlled by one master clock. 

These clocks were furnished by Walker Brothers 
and Haviland, Chicago, and have proven markedly sat¬ 
isfactory. 

#*=##### 

HE discoveries in the realm of bacteriology 
have not only revolutionized the practice of 
medicine, but have also put man upon his 
guard as never before to avoid the dangers 
of contagion. 

The housekeeper’s recognitiion of the dangers lurk¬ 
ing in dust accounts for the phenomenal popularity of the 
vacuum cleaner contrivances. 

What is known as a six-sweeper plant, made by the 
Blaisdell Machinery Company of Bradford, Pennsylvania, 
is installed in this house. It is of the high vacuum type 
of large displacement and is electrically driven and equip¬ 
ped with automatic dust separation tank, the vacuum pro¬ 
ducer being a reciprocating, slow speed pump. 

Every nook and corner is accessible to the hose term¬ 
inals, and the tools are adapted to cleaning not only car¬ 
pets and rugs but draperies, walls and woodwork as well. 

####### 

NE of the most difficult refrigerating prob¬ 
lems is that of insulation. 

In this, as in many other things, man has 
taken his cue from nature. 

It has been discovered that cork made from the 
bark of a certain oak tree found principally in Spain, 
Italy and Africa makes the best known commercial in¬ 
sulator against heat. 

Over five miles of sheet cork insulator made by the 
Armstrong Cork and Insulator Company of Pittsburg. 
Pennsylvania, was used in this house in covering the ice 




Page Sixty-four 



















water lines and all cold pipe lines, the same having been 
furnished by D. E. Fryer & Company of Seattle. This 
firm also furnished the Kinnear Rolling Steel Fire Shutter 
conclusively proved to be one of the greatest fire retard¬ 
ent contrivances known and also the Reliance Ball Bear¬ 
ing Door Hangers used on all elevators in the building, 
both of which are so well and favorably known as to re¬ 
quire no detailed description or recommendation. 

HE development of the modern department 
store is not only one of the marvels of 
present day merchandising, but reflects, to 
a marked degree, the results of that seeking 
after ideal efficiency that now character¬ 
izes all lines of industrial activity. 

As a result of superior organization, these modern 
institutions are in close touch with the markets of the 
world. Adequate capital enables them to take advantage 
of favorable market conditions and also to secure the 
services of highly trained buyers. 

Never were these truths more forcibly manifested 
than in the furnishing of this House. 

It is indeed to Spokane’s credit that it has such a 
strong institution as the Spokane Dry Goods Company’s 
Crescent store, through which every piece of furniture 
and as well as all the furnishings of whatsoever nature 
were purchased. 

None but an organization such as this with its own 
personal representatives in the great centers like New 
York, London and Paris could handle a commission of 
this magnitude with such uniform satisfaction and grati¬ 
fying expedition. 



Page Sixty-five 










The officers of the company consist of R. B. Pater¬ 
son, President; J. M. Comstock, First Vice President; 
E. A. 'Shadle, Second Vice President, and J. L. Paine, 
Secretary-Treasurer. 

#**###* 

OME one with a poetic turn of mind has said 
that the fit plenishing of a sleeping cham¬ 
ber demands at least as intelligent consid¬ 
eration and as nice a sense of selection as 
the composition of any other kind of 
nocturn, be it in words, music or in paint. 

However, when the car-weary, dust-stained traveler 
arrives at his hotel, he isn’t very particular, for the mo¬ 
ment, whether the chair in which he seeks rest is after 
Chippendale, Sheraton or Heppelwhite; or whether the 
bed that meets the eye and in which, perchance, he will 
dream of home and little ones was made after the style 
of Elizabeth or of Louis XIY. 

In selecting the furniture for the guest chambers, 
inviting comfort, chaste design and rich material rather 
than oppressive stateliness were the determining factors. 

Among the very few American furniture concerns 
that have steadfastly held to the highest ideals is the 
Sligh Furniture Company of Grand Rapids, Michigan. 

It is because the ideals of this firm dove-tail so per¬ 
fectly with those of this Hotel that they were awarded 
the contract to furnish, with few exceptions, all the fur¬ 
niture for the bed rooms. 

####### 

EE selection of the carpets for a house like 
the Davenport Hotel is in itself a big task. 

The appearance of a room is, of course, 
largely dependent upon the background of 
harmonious coloring and artistic designs of 
the carpets used. 

First cost is second in importance to durability. For 
no hotel that hopes to maintain its reputation of being 
well furnished can permit its carpets even to approach 




Page Sixty-air 














the point of shabbiness. And frequent renewals of the 
carpets in a house of nearly 400 rooms involves an ex¬ 
pense calculated to make those who pay the bills use 
the keenest discretion in their selection. 

As a consequence of these conditions the quality- 
standard demanded of a carpet for hotel use is of the 
highest. The hard, constant use is the test of carpet 
excellence. 

With this in mind one cannot fail to be impressed 
with the fact that nearly every great hotel in the coun¬ 
try has been carpeted by the Bigelow Carpet Company of 
New York City. 

That Company has the further distinction of being 
the first weavers of carpet by power in the world— 
power made carpet being an American development. 

Every yard of carpet and every rug in the Daven¬ 
port Hotel, excepting only the rugs in the Lobby, but 
including the splendid rugs in the Elizabethan rooms, 
and in the Isabella room, was furnished by this Company. 

This firm early recognized the ease with which the 
ultimate buyer could be deceived in quality by unscrup- 


Page Sixty-seven 






ulous manufacturers and dealers and as a protection to 
the users of their commodity and as an assurance of 
quality, adopted the plan of plainly marking all of their 
goods with their name. 

Quality with them is not attained merely by the 
perfection of manufacturing processes, but at the ex¬ 
pense of constant vigilance in the selection of yarn and 
even as to the methods used in dyeing the same. 

* * % # # * # 

HEN the day is done and the weary traveler 
seeks his rest, the architectural beauties, 
upon which he may have feasted his eyes, 
the assurance of absolute safety and even 
the most satisfactory service are apt to be 
forgotten by him in a nightmare of restlessness if the 
bed upon which he tries to rest is uncomfortable. 

As strange as it may seem the bedding of many 
otherwise creditable hotels is notoriously inferior. 

It is not so at the Davenport Hotel. Mr. Daven¬ 
port not content merely with the best hotel standards, 
searched the market for the best possible mattresses and 
box springs—those which would appeal to the most dis¬ 
criminating householder in the furnishing, for example, 
of his guest rooms. 

The answer was the product of the Columbia Feath¬ 
er Company of Chicago, Illinois, whose springs and hair 
mattresses were used exclusively in this house. The 
hair used by them is carefully selected and treated. 
Doth mattresses and springs are so made in every way 
as to secure the maximum of comfort and the greatest 
degree of durability. 

Without the slightest exaggeration, it may be said 
that there is no hotel in the world in which more atten¬ 
tion 'has been given to the guest rooms and to the bed¬ 
ding in particular, a distinction Which should go further 
than probably any other to differentiate this house. 



Page Sixty-eight 












EALIZING as the management does that good 
food—pure food—well prepared and served 
is an absolute essential to hotel satisfaction, 
no effort has been spared to bring the 
cuisine of the Davenport Hotel to the high¬ 
est possible point of excellence. The quality of milk and 
butter used is of prime importance. 

The health of the cow, the condition of its housing, 
the nature of its food, the care it receives, the manner 
in which it is milked, the precautions taken to safeguard 
the milk and transport it—these are a few of the im¬ 
portant things going to determine quality. 

For over 25 years the Hazelwood Company of Spo¬ 
kane has supplied the milk, cream and butter used in 
the Davenport Restaurant and is now furnishing that 
used in this Hotel. 

# & % # ^ # % 

ITHIN modern times marvelous improvements 
have been made in the appetizing quality 
of the crackers and biscuits placed upon the 
market. Ingenious machinery, efficient and 
sanitary methods of manufacture and pack¬ 
ing have all contributed much to the gastronomic pleas¬ 
ure of the epicure. 




Page Sixty-nine 














The most appetizingly prepared and most daintily 
served viands going to make up one’s meal, whether it 
be a luncheon or a formal banquet, can either be marred 
or given added piquancy by the wafers and other prod¬ 
ucts of the baker’s oven served. 

Good material is of course essential to satisfactory 
excellence. Correctness of recipe and proper tempera¬ 
ture throughout preparation also in large part determine 
quality. 

But above all is the factor of sanitary cleanliness in 
manufacture and packing. 

We take particular pride in the crackers, wafers and 
biscuits served in our dining rooms, practically all of 
which are made by the Inland Empire Biscuit Company of 
this city, whose product has attained an enviable reputa¬ 
tion for the qualities just indieataed. 

####### 

OFFEE is probably more universally used 
than any other beverage known to man. 

It may be said that as to no one item en¬ 
tering into the daily diet of the particular 
eater is he more insistent upon having the 
highest quality obtainable. 

The kitchen of this hotel is equipped with the most 
approved type of coffee making apparatus. 

The coffee beans used were only determined upon 
after a careful trial and comparison of many of the best 
coffees on the market. 

Richness of flavor was, of course, the deciding factor. 

To secure this, a blend has been determined upon 
which has given absolute satisfaction to our guests. 

All of the coffee used is furniished by the firm of 
Chase & Sanborn of Chicago. 

«=###### 



Page Seventy 














TO fresh vegetables, fruit and certain other 
foodstuffs, it is possible and even essential 
that a hotel be in touch with them from 
the time they are plucked, packed or pre¬ 
pared. 

This is not practical, however, as to a large portion 
of the food consumed. 

It therefore becomes necessary to rely implicitly 
upon those distributors of foodstuffs whose experience 
is exceptional and whose reliability is unquestionable. 

In the hotel world, more particularly, no firm in this 
business stands higher than Sprague, Warner & Com¬ 
pany of Chicago—in fact this is said to be the largest 
wholesale grocery firm in the world. 

For many years Davenport’s has dealt extensively, 
with great satisfaction, with this firm. It is but natural 
that the hotel, seeking the very best the market affords, 
also should place its orders through this noted institu¬ 
tion. 

Our guests are thus assured of the best to be had, 
all of the brands put out by this firm bearing their un¬ 
qualified recommendation as to quality, flavor and 
wholesomeness. 

###*### 



Page Seventy-one 











OOD food, well prepared, is indeed a prime 
essential to culinary excellence. 

But of equal importance are the prob¬ 
lems of preservation. 

The drying of fruit and grain, the jerking of meat 
and the building of root cellars were the first steps taken 
by men in their attempt to provide* in time of plenty for 
the time when food would become scarce. 

Scientific food preservation by refrigeration, how¬ 
ever, is distinctly a modern development. 

Its especial merit as opposed to chemical preserva¬ 
tion in particular is found in the fact that nothing is 
added to or taken away from the food. 

The desired results of refrigeration include two dis¬ 
tinct problems; one has reference to the manufacturing 
of the refrigerating substance and the other has refer¬ 
ence to the construction of the food containers or re¬ 
frigerators as they are commonly known. 

The machinery whereby the first task is accomplish¬ 
ed in this house was made and installed by the Arm¬ 
strong Machinery Company of Spokane, which firm has 
had gratifying success with the engines and apparatus 
it produces. 

The refrigerators used in the kitchen and service 
rooms are models of utility and finish and were fur¬ 
nished by the Jewett Refrigerator Company of Buffalo, 
New York. 

This company, while eschewing all untried experi¬ 
ments has incorporated in its refrigerators those ap¬ 
proved ideas Which scientific investigation and practical 
experience have demonstrated to be valuable and effi- 
eatious. 

Apart from their efficiency, moreover, the units in¬ 
stalled in this house are notable for their attractive ap¬ 
pearance generally. 

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VEN though food be selected with the great¬ 
est care and prepared in the most approved 
and sanitary manner, to the class of people 
patronizing a house of this kind it would 
lose much of its appetizing appeal if served 
in unsuitable and inartistic dishes. 

The chinaware furnished by Bauscher Brothers of 
Weiden, Germany, was specially made and designed by 
them for this house and has received much favorable 
comment. 

This firm is represented in this country by A. Schiller 
of Chicago. 



0 THE uninitiated, the tremendous amount of 
coal used, even in moderate weather, to 
keep a house of this size comfortable and 
to supply the necessary power, would be a 
revelation. 

It is therefore essential that the fuel purchased at all 
times stand the highest heat unit test and that it be of 
dependable uniformity. 



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Much of the fuel used in this house is furnished by 
the Union Fuel and Ice Company of this city. 

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VERY modern business man realizes that the 
old time counter till is an abomination and 
a snare, as well as being woefully inefficient 
from the standpoint of affording a check 
and record of all transactions made. 

The cash register was the answer to the need of the 
hour. And to say “cash register” is equivalent to say¬ 
ing National Cash Register in the opinion of many of the 
biggest users of cash registers in the world. 

The contrivances of this Company are used exclus¬ 
ively in this hotel. 

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US1NESS as it is done today can tolerate noth¬ 
ing short of absolute definiteness and accuracy. 

Probably no office appliance in the new order 
of things has revolutionized office methods 
more thoroughly than has the adding machine. 

While there are many claimants for recognition as 
manufacturers of these machines, the Burroughs ma¬ 
chine was selected for this Hotel on account of its con¬ 
clusively proven durability and accuracy, its wide range 
of usefulness and marked handiness of operation. 






E^KANE is in the heart of a country which 
fairly teems with places of interest for those 
who love the big outdoors. 

Mountains—“hills”—if you prefer, of 
■the honest-to-goodness, wild-w T est kind, 
towering peaks, snow covered crests, stately forests, 



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GRAND CANYON HOTEL, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK 


bounding streams and, above all—and best comparable 
to splendid gems in beautiful settings—a hundred lakes 
within a day’s journey of this city—these are a few of 
the attractions the surrounding country has to offer. 

With a climate that is ideal—neither too cold nor too 
hot, neither too wet nor too dry—with excellent drives 
which “wind and wind” into forests abounding with 
game and musical with streams well stocked with fish, 
with a land rich in historic interest and eloquent of the 
Lewis and Clark pioneers and suggestive of the days 
when the land was given up to the fur trader and con¬ 
sidered too far removed from civilization ever to be¬ 
come a component part of the national domain, and 
which is now a prosperous empire where peace and 
plenty obtain—such is the country that beckons the 
traveler and invites him to tarry—to cast off the cares 
and forget the stress and bickerings of a work-a-day 
world. 

The guest at this hotel need but speak his thoughts 
and desires and every assistance will be given him to 
plan and arrange a trip for a day, a week, or a month, 
as he may desire. 


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T WAS too wonderful to be true. 

That was the attitude of the reading public 
when the first explorers of the Yellowstone 
region returned to civilization and told of 
glass cliffs and sulphur mountains, of hot 
water springs bubbling to unbelievable heights, of gashes 
in the face of the earth whose depth would make one 
quake to gaze into, of terraces painted in glorious colors, 
of awe-inspiring cataracts and of numberless other feat¬ 
ures almost too uncanny to describe. 

But these weird stories first scoffed at were found 
later not only to be true but to faintly express the beauty 
and marvel of it all. 

Not only was public interest aroused, but the na¬ 
tional government, happily for us all and for posterity 
as well, determined to make of this wonderful region the 
first of its great national parks or play grounds. It 
today is the largest national park that we have. 

Instead of enduring the dreadful hardships of the 
early explorers in order to enjoy this land of contradic¬ 
tions and phenomena strange and unreal one can now, 
thanks to the Northern Pacific Railroad with its splen¬ 
did equipment and chain of unique hotels, see the park 
under conditions at once delightful and economical and 
easily possible even to those unused or unadapted to 
bodily inconvenience. 

The tourist guest at the Davenport Hotel who is 
eastern bound will always have reason for regret if he 
fails to make a trip to this famous park a part of his 
itinerary. 

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F THE guest at the Davenport Hotel will 
step into the sumptuous offices of the Great 
Northern Railway off from the Lobby and 
feast his eyes upon the exquisite views of 
Glacier National Park that adorn the walls; 
if he will glance at his map and see how easily it can be 
reached; if he will question the ever-eourteous railway 
clerks and study the artistic and illuminating folders, 




Page Seventy-six 

















relative to the park, which will be placed in his hands— 
there is little doubt but what he will stop off for as long 
as his time will permit at this justly famous wonder¬ 
land—the latest of the territories to be set apart as a 
park by the National Government. 

One need not minimize the beauties of our other 
parks to say that Glacier National Park is in many ways 
distinctive and without a rival. Particularly is this true 
as to the 80 living glaciers within its confines—a matter 
of over 1500 square miles. 

The Glacier National Park also enjoys the distinc¬ 
tion of being the only one of our national parks on 
the main line of a transcontinental road, a factor that 
has contributed considerable to the remarkable popu¬ 
larity it has attained in a short time. 

Its 250 deep blue mountain lakes, its dozens of roar¬ 
ing waterfalls, its marvelous mountain peaks, ranging 
from 8000 to 10,500 feet in height, its glorious colors, 
its interesting Indians with their primitive customs and 
weird legends, all combine to make the park not merely 
a mountain resort in the ordinary sense, but an alluring 
goal for artist, scientist and explorer as well. 


Page Seventy-seven 









And to these attractions the Glacier Park Hotel \ 

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Company has added a series of chalets which in point of 
unique treatment probably have no equal in the world 
and as to service, comfort and all-round delight have 
no superior anywhere. 

The tourist in seeing the park has the choice of 
walking, horseback, automobile or stage coach tours, and 
if he so desires, may avail himself of remarkably reason¬ 
able “all expense tours” and thus relieve himself of all 
bother and annoyance. 

We cannot too highly recommend this trip to the 
guests at the Davenport Hotel. 

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Page Seventy-eight 




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Jthese views give but a suggestion of the extensiveness and com- 

iPLETENESS OF THE DAVENPORT KITCHEN—WELL TERMED THE CONNECTING 
[LINK BETWEEN THIS HOTEL AND THE NOTED DAVENPORT RESTAURANT. IN 
| POINT OF MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY AND SANITARY EXCEL LENC E TH IS KITCHEN 
[HAS BEEN PRONOUNCED BY EXPFRTS TO BE WITHOUT A SUPERIOR ANYWHERE. 




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THE DAVENPORT HOTEL AND THE DAVENPORT RESTAURANT USE THE ENTIRE EGG 
AND BROILER OUTPUT OF THIS FAMOUS POULTRY FARM. IT CONTAINS 11,7 40 
CHICKENS. A SINGLE HATCH NUMBERING OVER 2.000 CHICKS. THE PRESENT AVER¬ 
AGE DAILY EGG OUTPUT IS 2.060. THIS FARM ENABLES US TO ASSURE OUR GUESTS 
THAT NO EGG REACHES THEIR TABLE MORE THAN 24 HOURS AFTER IT IS LAID. 


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